plantanarchy:

Journey of my wee Rex Begonia ‘Stardust’. The pictures in the pink pot were from before I realized that pot wasn’t draining which led almost to his death before I realized and was able to save and repot him but also led to the loss of most of his leaves. Butttt we’re now at four leaves with one more growing so close to the original leaf count.

This plant just has VERY large and delicate leaves so it’s hard to get the moisture and humidity levels ideal enough to keep them looking good. The salts in my water also probably aren’t great for it. It’s absolutely not a forgiving plant, but good thing is that it’s only difficult keeping it looking good, actually keeping it alive isn’t hard at all.